1 . Like many parts of modern life, you can go digital when it comes to food scales (秤). If you want digital scales with an LCD display, then obviously you’ll need batteries which can run out at the most inconvenient of times. But the advantages of digital scales are many, including an accurate button which allows you to instantly remove the weight of an empty bowl, so you don’t need to do any maths calculations (计算). Mechanical (机械的)scales on the other hand have a pleasingly old-school reliability about them and undoubtedly add a touch of the style of the past to any kitchen. Read on for our top picks of mechanical scales, and digital scales, and balance scales.

A backlit display is an attractive feature. In addition to its good looks, it has an oversize digital display that is easy to read.

When space is limited in your kitchen, you sometimes don’t want to buy another kitchen item. Folding kitchen scale is your best choice.

Cooking and baking isn’t all about time efficiency. It’s also about memories and the simple enjoyment of doing something that connects you.

We love the one that makes life easier by performing many functions. One part is a traditional balance, one part is a mixing bowl, and one part is a measuring pot, and the grade of the bowl itself allows accurate measurement of the liquid.

There are plenty of good reasons to prepare the best kitchen scales for your kitchen set up. More importantly, the sense of loss because of inaccuracy can be avoided. If you’ve got young kids, using scales is also a great way to add to their knowledge of weights and measures and to do some basic maths with them.

2 . Best devices for students 2023

External hard drive

Price: about £50

The last thing you want is for your laptop to break (or get stolen) and to lose all of your work as a result. An external hard drive like this one from Western Digital can store a backup copy of pretty much your entire laptop.

Amazon Kindle

Price: about £130

Even if you’re a die-hard fan of physical books, the pain of carrying university textbooks around every day might change you.

The latest model of the Kindle Paper white comes with Bluetooth and a front-lit screen that has an adjustable warm light and, as is the case with most e-readers, the battery can last for weeks on a single charge.

Tile Mate key finder

Price: about £20

If you’re the kind of person who’s always losing stuff — particularly your phone or keys — then this little device could be a lifesaver.

Attach your Tile Mate key ring to your set of keys, and you can use the Tile Mate app to locate them if you happen to lose them.

And best of all, if you’ve got your keys but can’t find your phone, hitting the button on the Tile Mate key ring will make your phone ring — even when it’s on silent.Genius.

WiFi range extender

Price: about £35

All too often, the routers supplied by broadband companies aren’t quite up to the job.

We’ve used this WiFi range extender from NETGEAR and can confirm that it does a great job of improving the WiFi signal around the house. It plugs straight into the wall, and although you might need to trial a couple of different locations before finding the perfect position, you should notice the difference straight away.

4 . In the past decades, the growth of fast food outlets and takeaway services has increased by almost 34% in the UK. There must be some reasons behind this popularity of online ordering and takeaway services. Read out the advantages of food takeaway below.

Easy Food Ordering

For a normal meal takeaway service, the customer has to reach out for the contact number of the restaurant to place the order. But, by using the online food ordering services, the customer just needs to select the food from the menu, and place the order.

No Chance of Misplaced Delivery

In the case of traditional food ordering and delivering services, there lies a big chance of orders getting misplaced. But, the online food ordering delivery service provides the restaurants with the right information about the customer’s order, so that there will remain no chance of error.

Mobile-Friendliness

Online food ordering and takeaways are now focusing on developing mobile applications. The customers can now easily order their Chinese or Western food from anywhere, anytime, using their mobile phones.

Takeaway Drives More Income

For the restaurant owners, the digital food ordering and takeaway have opened another window of guaranteed opportunities to increase their income.

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8 . Everyday wear like casual shirts,T-shirts, and jackets, embroidered (刺绣)with traditional patterns from the Yi ethnic group, staged a striking show at recent New York Fashion Week, which took place on September 4th. Chinese designer Wang Ta’s new youth collection, decorated with Yi embroidery, a Chinese intangible cultural heritage, was a definite hit on the last night of the fashion week.

The audience was amazed by both the beautiful and mostly hand-embroidered colorful patterns and the perfect balance of modern and traditional elements. Leah Coulter, a student at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, who dressed the models for the show, said the collection was a mix of old and new and loved all the patterns and embroidery, which aroused her interest in the unique handicraft dating back thousands of years. “I need to learn more about its history,” Coulter said.

It’s not something new in the fashion world to involve China’s intangible cultural heritages as elements of design, Wang said, but ifs not easy to make them into true fashion. “Intangible cultural heritages should not always be displayed in museums or only appear on souvenirs. I hope to break the stereotype through using the Yi embroidery and make them everyday, fashionable items,”Wang told the media after the show. “I think fashion is the best way to introduce culture”

Wang’s design ideas can be traced back to both her global experience as a fashion designer in Japan, the UK and China, and her unique educational background. Before receiving her second degree in fashion from Japan’s top fashion institute Tokyo Mode Gakuen, she majored in history at East China Normal University in Shanghai.

In order to create her collection, Wang and her team went to Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture (自治州)in southwest China’s Yunnan Province and deeply studied the culture and history of   Yi’s craftsmanship to gain insight into the essence, delicacy and symbolism of   Yi embroidery. But Wang’s employing the patterns, colors and techniques of   Yi embroidery in her contemporary fashion designs is not a simple imitation. The combination of modern and traditional parts can’t be too striking for it to be widely accepted as everyday wear, Wang said, adding that her goal is for people, regardless of gender, color or nationality, to like her designs.

9 . The best dessert for a party of family and friends? A homemade pie. The second best? A store-bought pie that you can pretend is homemade without being questioned. The following are some stores where you can find such great pies on Long Island.

Olish's Farm (75 Eastport Manor Rd., Eastport)

Owner Donny Olish prefers to buy fruit locally for his shop. Although more than 30 varieties are on offer, he's sometimes forced to look elsewhere to buy strawberries, pears, apples, blackberries and raspberries(山莓) to produce a pie for the ages. More info: 631 -325 -0539, olishfarms. com.

Briermere Farms (4414 Sound Ave., Riverhead)

Briermere is nothing short of a pie factory, whose two dozen flavors (味道) are sold by the hundreds on lovely fall weekends. And for good reason: Much of the fruit used is grown right there on the farm. Don't miss its cream pie, an open-faced pie filled with cream and topped with fruit. More info: 631-722 -3931, briermerefarms. com.

Diane's Bakery Cafe (23 Bryant Ave., Roslyn)

Blue. Straw. Rasp. Three kinds of berries that join produce what remains the most popular pie at this old shop. But almost as popular are its chocolate and banana cream versions, followed closely by pecan and apple pies, to which New York State fruit is the key. Besides all these pies, you can treat yourself to other types of desserts there. More info: 516 -621 -2522, dianesroslyn. com.

Jericho Cider Mill(213 Route 106, Jericho)

Apple-raspberry. Apple-peach. Apple-blueberry. Are you detecting a theme? A new and cute outdoor seating area is the latest addition to Jericho Cider Mill. A matchless selection of New York's favorite home-grown fruit finds its way into equally matchless 13 varieties of pies. More info: 516 - 433 - 3360, jerichocider. com.